South African forces are hosting the U.S. military in an exercise modeled on a United Nations peacekeeping mandate that allows for offensive military action against rebel groups.
China on Tuesday dispatched members of its People's Liberation Army to the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti to man the rising Asian giant's first overseas military base, a key part of a wide-ranging expansion of the role of China's armed forces.
ICBMs are missiles that can travel thousands of miles from one continent to another. Many analysts define an ICBM as having a range in excess of 5,500 kilometers, or 3,420 miles.
North Korea on Tuesday launched yet another ballistic missile in the direction of Japan, South Korean officials said, part of a string of recent test-firings as the North works to build a nuclear-tipped missile that could reach the United States.